11. For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me,” says Yahweh.
12. They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.
13. The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.”
14. Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15. Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel,” says Yahweh. “It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you don’t know, neither understand what they say.
16. Their quiver is an open tomb, they are all mighty men.
17. They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds. They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees. They shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
18. “But even in those days,” says Yahweh, “I will not make a full end with you.
19. It will happen, when you say, ‘Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us?’ Then you shall say to them, ‘Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’
20. “Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21. ‘Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don’t see; who have ears, and don’t hear:
22. Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
23. “But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and gone.
24. Neither do they say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’
25. “Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
26. For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.